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Business ideas, tips and resources for you to take action.http://www.imgreenbook.com/noreply@blogger.com (Wilson)Blogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-8336072174159930949Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:21:00 +00002013-03-23T00:37:18.307+08:00NewsChronicle event leading to DSG recall in China<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><br /> <strong>14 Mar 2012</strong> - China's quality watchdog, The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) is contacted Volkswagen (China) after receiving complaints about defects in their renowed, many awards winning DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox).<br /><br />The watchdog, published in a statement on its website stating they have received complaints of unusual noises, vibrations and transmission problems in the Volkswagen vehicles equiped with the DSG gearbox.<br /><br />In a replied to the watchdog, dated 1st March 2012, Volkswagen had submitted their technology specifications and said it plans to solve the hitches through upgrades. Volkswagen also said they will not recall vehicles as the reported problems does not compromised on the vehicles' safety.<br /><br />Experts from the watchdog is not fully satisfied with the replied and have ordered Volkswagen to conduct further investigations and to take effective measures in resolving the issues. The watchdog further said they will continue their probe with consultation with some professional institutes and would press Volkswagen to a recall as stipulated in China's regulation if found their designed to have flaws.<br /><br />Volkswagen has seen steady growth in the Chinese market. Passenger cars sold under the brand totaled 818,800 in China (including Hong Kong) in the first two months, up 8 percent year-on-year. <br /><br /><strong>12 April 2012</strong> - China's quality watchdog has called upon owners of Volkswagen cars with defective DSG to submit information about the problem they faced. Users can send emails to dsg@dpac.gov.cn or submit their problems with DSG at www.dpac.gov.cn<br /><br />It was also reported that Volkswagen refused to make a recall in China whereas, it has made recalled outside China where their gearbox is reported as having similars related issues. On 29 March 2012, the watchdog has contacted the German maker urging it to provide effective solutions.<br /><br /><strong>16 March 2013</strong> - The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) urged the German car maker to voluntarily recall vehicles sold in China with DSG problems.<br /><br />They reiterated their research has basically confirmed that Volkswagen's Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) has defects which may cause engine power failures. Spokesman from the watchdog said if Volkswagen refused to fulfill its legal obligations, the AQSIQ will force it to recall the defective cars.<br /><br />China Central Television (CCTV) has in their consumer quality program aired the issues of Volkswagen's problematic DSG, citing malfunctions of DSG is some models could cause pose great safety hazards.<br /><br /><strong>20 March 2013, 13:41</strong> - Volkswagen has agreed to recall 384, 181 vehicles with defective gearboxes in China, said the country's watchdog, AQSIQ. It announced on its website, Volkswagen has filed its recall plan after repeated highlights by media and pressing from consumers.<br /><br />Spokesman from AQSIQ said, they had probed the case since March 2012 and made thorough research to ascertain the malfunctions in DSG. Earlier on, Volkswage has refused to a recall but instead extended its DSG guarantee period in China to 10 years.<br /><br />Industry analysts estimated the recall may cost the auto giant some 3 billion yuan (USD478.35 millions) in fixing the problems.<br /><br />Products involved include imported vehicles from Germany and cars produced by two joint-owned enterprises in China.<br /><br />In breakdown, the following vehicles are included on the list: <br /><br />Imported vehicles produced between December 2008 and September 2011, totalling 7,139 units: <br />Scirocco 1.4TSI, Golf Variant and Cross Golf.<br /><br />Another recall lists totalling 245,999 units made up of: <br />New Bora 1.4T <br />Golf A6 1.4T <br />Golf A6 1.6T <br />Sagitar 1.4T <br />Magotan 1.4T <br />CC 1.8T <br />New Sagitar 1.4T <br />New Magotan 1.4T <br />New Magotan 1.8T produced by Faw-Volkswagen between the period <br />May 2009 and January 2012 <br />December 2012 and February 2013 <br />Imported Audi A3 1.8T produced between February 2010 and June 201, totalling 245, 999 units.<br /><br />The last recall lists published totalling another 131,043 units are:<br />Five-seat Touran 1.4T <br />Seven-seater Touran 1.4T <br />Octavia 1.8T <br />Octavia 1.4T <br />Lavida 1.4T <br />Superb 1.4T <br />New Passat 1.4T and New Passat 1.8T produced by Shanghai Volkswagen between October, 2009 and May 2012 and between December, 2012 and March, 2013. <br /><br />News source: Edited and compilation from http://english.cctv.cnhttp://www.imgreenbook.com/2013/03/14-mar-2012-chinas-quality-watchdog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-577671892627853035Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:29:00 +00002013-03-23T22:04:22.185+08:00NewsDeals turn bad on Dealmate Malaysia?<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><br />Everyone loves a good genuine discount especially when the goods is a branded product. Ever since the success of Groupon in the US, the trend is spreading to Malaysia like wild fire. Competitors are quick to follow suit and in a short period of time, you can easily find a few competiting online portal that offer discounts on products and services.<br /><br />Getting a bargain is great and it feels wonderful. But be careful though, as more and more buyers are voicing their complaint on Dealmate Malaysia. <br /><br />Back in September 2012, Dealmate made an announcement on their Facebook fan page saying their business is overwhelming and some customers have difficulty contacting them and they are upgrading their facilities to cope with the business grow.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7Huex6e1NOw/UO7LcmPBEzI/AAAAAAAAALA/D_K0x5DXA1U/s1600/sep-2012-announcement.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7Huex6e1NOw/UO7LcmPBEzI/AAAAAAAAALA/D_K0x5DXA1U/s320/sep-2012-announcement.gif" width="274" /></a></div><br />Then in Oct 2012, they made another announcement on their Facebook fan page saying they are moving to a new office on 15 Oct 2012. They promised a faster and more efficient services to their customers&nbsp;at their new premises. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rf2jmJm68Fk/UO7MU5XLxGI/AAAAAAAAALQ/BKlXOQKa9Bg/s1600/dealmate-malaysia-new-office-Oct-2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rf2jmJm68Fk/UO7MU5XLxGI/AAAAAAAAALQ/BKlXOQKa9Bg/s320/dealmate-malaysia-new-office-Oct-2012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />A quick drop by their Facebook fan page, I can easily find numerous complaints and the administrator that manage the face page seems to be giving a standard repetitive replies to all the people.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U17xSKEDHB8/UO7NmUdEiyI/AAAAAAAAALo/UyGTL2iJzZc/s1600/dealmate-malaysia-complaint-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U17xSKEDHB8/UO7NmUdEiyI/AAAAAAAAALo/UyGTL2iJzZc/s320/dealmate-malaysia-complaint-1.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><br />Products purchased since Nov 2012 but buyer have not received anything yet. Buyer were asked to contact their hotline. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TFr8vJ5EDs8/UO7NzcSXzjI/AAAAAAAAAL0/N3JcCcWYZc8/s1600/dealmate-malaysia-complaint-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TFr8vJ5EDs8/UO7NzcSXzjI/AAAAAAAAAL0/N3JcCcWYZc8/s320/dealmate-malaysia-complaint-2.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L-dT2TOYvB4/UO7N9-FaRcI/AAAAAAAAAMA/d4rcGtX-LlU/s1600/dealmate-malaysia-complaint-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L-dT2TOYvB4/UO7N9-FaRcI/AAAAAAAAAMA/d4rcGtX-LlU/s320/dealmate-malaysia-complaint-3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6bNSCiCH2UI/UO7OC1nD2xI/AAAAAAAAAMM/oEf6-79cx84/s1600/dealmate-malaysia-complaint-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6bNSCiCH2UI/UO7OC1nD2xI/AAAAAAAAAMM/oEf6-79cx84/s320/dealmate-malaysia-complaint-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />It seems like the standard routine replied from the fan page administrator is "Hi yourname, we are sorry to hear about your experience, if you need further assistance, kindly call our hotline 03-2282 8100 or email to <em>someone</em>@dealmates.com. Our Customer Service representative will be happy to assist you. Thank you". <br /><br /><br /><strong>What can you do if:</strong><br /><br />1.&nbsp; You have already made a payment and found out about this?<br /><br />If you are using a credit card to make payment, perhaps you want to call your credit card issuing bank to file in a dispute. You can't ask the bank to stop or cancel a payment if you authorised it, in the first place.<br /><br />Yes, even when payment was made, you can still file in a dispute when you did not received the goods. If you dispute it, you have a 50% chance of getting your money back but if you don't, the chance is always a 100% no refund.<br /><br />2. If you have already make the purchase some months back, perhaps you can lodge a complaint with the Consumer tribunal to get your money back.<br /><br />Let's hope the hickup is only temporary and would be resolve soon. Until then, those of you thinking of any purchase from the same portal, but have not made any payment yet, should&nbsp;think again whether you want to proceed.<br /><br />3. Update at 19 Mar 2013, thing at Dealmates isn't getting any better. In this case what else can victims do?<br /><br />You can also make report via this link:<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.nccc.org.my/v2/index.php/e-aduan">National consumer complaints center (Pusat Khidmat aduan pengguna nasional)</a><br /><br />Force local authorities to step in.&nbsp; You might not get your money or goods back after making a police report but the least you can do is to make the complain reports count.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Do the society a favour.</strong><br /><br />The next time, when you are on Facebook, don't easily click like on any products or click like on news from your friend's news feed.&nbsp; Eventhough those news feed may seem to have a liked from&nbsp;your&nbsp;friend.&nbsp; This likes can be easily manipulate by companies thus tricking other into trusting them.<br /><br />I believe social media is here to stay. And seems like it, social media is a good media for unethical company or con man to take advantage at the moment. Be a learnt and ethical netizen, value your like on social media.<br /><br />Last but not least, spread the word on your facebook profile, don't let more unsuspecting people fall victim.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2013/01/deals-turn-bad-on-dealmate-malaysia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-92837000125586046Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:02:00 +00002012-06-28T20:06:44.388+08:00Diablo 3, a new chapter for online gamer?<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script><br />Diablo 3 was launched on 15 May 2012 after much delayed. Beside breaking new presale records selling over 3.5 millions copies in its first hours of release, it also introduced an online auction house.<br /><br />Perhaps the idea of allowing trades of real money for virtual items this is not something new, but for a major gaming house to allow such, would be a bold new step forward for the gaming industry. This certainly is opening up new opportunity for players and Blizzard as well. The real-money auction house fees will be $1 USD, €1, £1, etc. from equipment (weapons and armor) and 15 percent from crafting materials. There is an additional 15 percent "cashing-out" fee from proceeds gained selling items in the real-money auction house. It's still pretty early to say what would be the response like for players toward buying virtual items.<br /><br />In country like south Korean, where gaming is a huge industry, playing game with real money is barred. Thus for this reason, the real money auction house is not available there.<br /><br />Thing might sounds rosy, when come to think of this development as opportunity to make money while playing Diablo 3. Be aware though, playing for fun and getting some pocket money would be a fun thing, but to play for a living, would be a totally different story.<br /><br />PVP (player versus player) combat is promised by Blizzard at a later stage would perhaps spur the demand for highly sought after rare item for used in PVP combat. So long as Blizzard maintain scarcity for its rare item releases, the price for these virtual items will be soaring high and hard to get.<br /><br />For anyone wanting to purchase a copy of this new exciting game, you can get a copy at battle.net<br /><br />You can choose to download a digital copy or get a box set send to your door step.<br /><br />﻿ <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00178630A/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=intemarknewbg-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00178630A" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ASIN=B00178630A&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=intemarknewbg-20&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" width="141" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buy Diablo 3 in Malaysia - Standard edition, box set&nbsp;(Please allow 2 to 3 weeks for shipment, after you have make payment).</td></tr></tbody></table>﻿ <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=intemarknewbg-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00178630A" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /><br /><br /><br />﻿ <br />﻿﻿ <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0050SZC5U/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B0050SZC5U&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=intemarknewbg-20" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B0050SZC5U&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=intemarknewbg-20" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buy Diablo3 in Malaysia -&nbsp;Collector's edition, box set (Please allow 2 to 3 weeks for shipment, after you have make payment).<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>﻿﻿ ﻿ <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=intemarknewbg-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0050SZC5U" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/06/diablo-3-new-chapter-for-online-gamer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0Cherri St, Winters, TX 79567, USA31.9685988 -99.901813128.4745593 -104.95552409999999 35.4626383 -94.8481021tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-2226024550219937050Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:57:00 +00002012-06-22T20:22:01.813+08:00NewsThe Syncing Service Race<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script><br />It all started with when cloud computing is making its way into the main stream computing. It promises lots of benefits even when told, a majority of the end users wouldn't be fully understand. Even if they do, people won't just drop their existing way of doing things and rush toward the cloud just because cloud computing has lots to offer. For the majority to adopt a technology, you have to give them a value in doing so.<br /><br />Often this value must comes in the form that gives a user convenience or to make things more efficient.<br /><br />Dropbox come up with the idea of easing files sharing across multiple devices. Wonder how did the idea catch on? Perhaps its success catches the attention of other players and at time of writing this post, there are at least more than 10 major players in this high tech, high capital layout niche.<br /><br />Dropbox is known to be one of the earliest player and its facility is used by many mobile users with smartphones. In countries where access to internet is not an issue, this syncing facility did proves to be more useful than carrying a notebook or thumbdrive which is often associate with the risk of getting missing.<br /><br />Below are lists of sync player not sorted in any order. I'm listing them as it came to my mind.<br /><br /><strong>Google Drive</strong> - <a href="http://drive.google.com/">http://drive.google.com/</a><br />Free for 5GB and if you're a user of google docs, Google drive is integrated with it. It allow folder management on your PC, choosing a folder where you should place documents you want to be synced.<br /><br />It doesn't support Linux and has no IOS app for iPhone / iPad but it's believed some development is on the way.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Mozy Stash</strong> - <a href="https://mozy.com/home/free">https://mozy.com/home/free</a><br />Free for 2GB but not for business used. Similar to Google drive, after installation, you get a folder named "Stash" which is also integrated into Window Explorer, on a PC. <br /><br />The initial sync, if you have large files may take some time. Once it's up and running, any updates to files in the sync folder will only took seconds to be reflected.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Dropbox</strong> - <a href="http://www.dropbox.com/">http://www.dropbox.com/</a><br />Free for 2GB, market pioneer. The edge it has over it competitor at the moment is its ability to run on Windows, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, Blackberry and even Linux. <br /><br />It allow a user to earn more disk space like connecting to Facebook, referring friends, connecting Twitter, follow Dropbox in Twitter, gives feedback and watching guided tour. Each friend adds another 0.5GB<br /><br />You can send someone a file by right-click on that file, copy the link and paste it in an email. The recipient can then download the file with that link.<br /><br />Would have been a market leader before the onslaught of the giants (Google drive and Microsoft's Skydrive).<br /><br /><br /><strong>Microsoft Skydrive</strong> - <a href="http://skydrive.live.com/">http://skydrive.live.com/</a><br />Free for 7GB. Has been around for years, and was offering 25GB of free space back then when it can only be access through a browser. It's recently revamped to allow syncing files across Windows PC, Mac and devices. It still doesn't support Linux and its major flaws is that it is not compatible with its own earlier version of OS, the Windows XP.<br /><br />So long as you don't need to sync with Windows XP and Linux, Skydrive has the most features that one must not missed. Skydrive creates a folder where you can sync it with your stuffs. One feature of Skydrive is that it can fetch a file from another PC that is in sync, provided it's switched on. Another feature is that you can shoot photos with your mobile saving it into your Skydrive, and it can appear on your PC seconds later when you switch it on.<br /><br />Going further into a paid subscriber, Skydrive offers the most space for your money, for the time being.<br /><br />If you know of any other provider, I've not listed here, do let me know.<br /><br />Going forward, at least for what is offered at the moment, one must bear in mind the files and documents you might want to put on the cloud. Competition is rife, especially if your're planning to go into paid subscription. Choosing a provider that is able to survive may be a deciding factor.http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/06/syncing-service-race.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-2116630838762293273Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:33:00 +00002012-06-21T03:35:17.268+08:00News2012 Malaysia Annual Franchise Convention<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script><br />The Malaysian annual franchise convention will be held at PWTC (Putra World Trade Center) from 7 July to 9 July 2012.<br /><br />If you're interested in knowing more or perhaps looking for a franchise business opportunity from local and abroad, mark your calendar and be there. <br /><br />Though franchise is a workable business model, you still need to practice cautious. The old adage saying "A Franchise Business Has Over 90% success rate!" aren't that true in today's business scenario as one insider revealed. It maybe an old adage in the olden days during the early years of booming franchising businesses. <br /><br />You'll need to pass your own judgement before investing your hard earned money into any business.<br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/06/2012-malaysia-annual-franchise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-7217552271585988128Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:17:00 +00002012-06-20T14:21:26.660+08:00TipsFinding Contact in Gmail20 June 2012 - Where is contact in Gmail?<br /><br />It's located at the top left hand corner, click once on the Gmail word, underneath Google logo.&nbsp;You will find a dropdown list with&nbsp;options in it.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--N0naWPWp0A/T-FqV8O-ObI/AAAAAAAAAKM/pkQJchxGe0c/s1600/Contact-in-Gmail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" rca="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--N0naWPWp0A/T-FqV8O-ObI/AAAAAAAAAKM/pkQJchxGe0c/s320/Contact-in-Gmail.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br />Google always updates its Gmail with more options and re-arranging things, Contact was once placed at the left hand side with a link to it.<br /><br /><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script>http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/06/finding-contact-in-gmail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-3321624392771018979Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:40:00 +00002012-06-21T08:42:05.437+08:00Food For ThoughtThe Hypothesis Of Spyware<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script><br />Spyware is&nbsp;a type of software that work in the backend, often silently, performing its objective without the knowledge of its user.<br /><br /><strong>1. Marketing Intent</strong><br />On marketing perspective, spyware is installed into visitors PCs and used by its owner to send marketing or promotions news to the end user browser.<br /><br />It's not clear what other information that is being collected and sent out by this spyware but a wild guess would be&nbsp;sites visited, time spend or maybe what type of search information the user sends out. Age group, location and language used could also be useful for web marketing analysis.<br /><br />One top name, AVG anti virus is known to bundle their toolbar and homepage in some highly sort after freeware like Miro and PeaZip during installation.<br /><br />If you're not careful during installation, and click 'next' all the way to accept default settings, you'll ended up installing AVG as your homepage. It's has pretty nasty behaviour, because once you installed AVG doesn't allow you to set other site as your homepage.<br /><br />You will need in uninstalled it from your control panel to remove it.<br /><br />Mybrowserbar is another toolbar with this nasty behaviour that is bundle with free pdfcreator from the sourceforge.<br /><br />On a more stricter perspective, this type of spyware is also known as Adware (Sneaky advertisement sent right to your computer screen).<br /><br />Some installer are intentionally made in sure a way to confuse user, giving them the thought that they have to installed the bundle spyware as part of the agreement to use the freeware. One example I encountered is the Babylon toolbar, you can take a look and judge for yourself.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PqIHezk9b-c/T-JtH4DK2II/AAAAAAAAAKY/E-M8iN9AmIg/s1600/babylon-search.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rca="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PqIHezk9b-c/T-JtH4DK2II/AAAAAAAAAKY/E-M8iN9AmIg/s1600/babylon-search.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The default "Make Babylon search my homepage", "Install Babylon toolbar" and "Make Babylon my default search" were all ticked as default.﻿</div><br />It's possible there are many other who are also using this unscrupulous strategy to expand their marketing reached on the internet but one thing you can do is, beware of freeware installation nowadays. If you happen to find any brand name using this dirty tactics - just boycott them!<br /><br /><br /><strong>2. Malicious Intent</strong><br />Spyware client is installed to unsuspecting victim. Keyloggers is one commonly used type of spyware for hacker to steal information. Beside credit card information, that what most people can think of, gaming account, social media account, and even login information to website are also valuable.<br /><br />Diablo III, is a hit game for gamers. Their gaming account certainly do carry a value, specially top players.<br /><br />Social Media account, is also valuable. Your friends' email account can be valuable to someone preying on social media site.<br /><br /><br /><strong>3. Monitoring Intent</strong><br />Some network monitoring software, do comes with client that can be deployed to all its client workstations in a network as monitoring agent.<br /><br />Client agent installed at individual workstation can be then set to either collect information about the activities of a user, control access to network resources, or simply disallowed access to a network resource.<br /><br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/06/hypothesis-of-spyware.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-417590500877351670Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:36:00 +00002012-06-20T09:48:47.520+08:00NewsA Step Closer To The Cloud<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script><br />It starts with a simple idea, for the consumer at least. How about putting your videos, photos, files and digital stuffs on the internet?<br /><br />The advantage of this, is that you can share photos with your friends on the internet, or showing it on your smartphone and you can access your work files from office at home. Simply put, you can access to all your digital stuffs anywhere in world as long as there is internet access.<br /><br />You can watch this simple video that best describe what is Dropbox.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OFb0NaeRmdg" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><br />On a small scale, you can easily imagine the usefulness of this new trend but if you worked in a company with huge computing facilities and data center, you can see how the cloud is going to change the future of computing.<br /><br />You can watch this simple video that best describe the transformation toward Cloud computing.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ae_DKNwK_ms" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/06/step-closer-to-cloud.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-6047688380735395991Tue, 19 Jun 2012 02:39:00 +00002012-06-19T10:40:16.551+08:00Free SoftwareBest Of Decompression Tools<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><br /><a href="http://www.philipp-winterberg.com/software/free_rar_extract_frog.php">Free RAR Extract Frog</a><br />Support over 50 languages, fast, skinable extraction tool for RAR-archives. Available for free for Windows users. Received good rating from CNET.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://peazip.sourceforge.net/">PeaZip</a><br />Another quality archive tools from the open source community. It's mentioned on its official site, it can support more than 150 archive format. Apart from the commonly used, RAR, TAR, ZIP, and even 7Z, it also has its own archive format.<br /><br />Be warn though, it did mentioned that the free package contain automatic installer/uninstaller. At times of writing, it's partnering with AVG. You can have the alternative of installing the package without third party bundle. Keep an eye on those fine print!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.7-zip.org/">7-zip</a><br />In one of our earlier post, we've mentioned about this free archive. You can rea more about it here: <a href="http://www.imgreenbook.com/2010/09/cross-platform-file-archiver.html">Cross Platform File Archiver</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.zipeg.com/">Zipeg</a><br />Zipeg is a free file archiver that can run on both popular desktop OS, Windows and Mac. It can support popular file format zip, .rar, .7z, .tar, .gz, .tgz, .bzip2, .iso, .cbr, .cbz and some lesser used file format like .arj, .lha .lzh, .cpio, .rpm, .chm, .z, .war, .ear<br /><br /><br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/06/best-of-decompression-tools.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-5820299485574540931Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:59:00 +00002012-06-19T19:17:28.529+08:00TipsTips For A Better Web Experience<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><strong>1. Use better and safer browser.</strong> Chrome and Firefox fits into this category. From my own experience, I love Firefox better than Chrome.<br /><br /><strong>2. Firefox add-on Tranquility,</strong> allow user a way removes adverts, image, social media tools and other promotional elements.<br /><br />"Tranquility is a FireFox extension that improves the readability of web articles.<br /><br />Tranquility removes unnecessary elements in a webpage, and provides a simple and tranquil reading experience. Similar functionality is available through Readability or iReader. Tranquility attempts to solve the same problem using a different approach."<br /><br />Search for FireFox add on Tranquility and you should be find it easily.<br /><br /><strong>3. Increase the font size</strong> of web pages. Hold down the Ctrl key and scroll the middle button on your mouse upward to increase font size on the fly.<br /><br />You can also hold down the Ctrl key and press the "+" to magnify the screen thus giving you a bigger font size.<br /><br /><strong>4. Blocking unwanted content.</strong> Adblock Plus is available for Firefox and Chrome users. You add power to Adblock Plus by installing extra lists of filters from easylist.adblockplus.org. Whenever you encounter any unwanted elements showing up in your browser, right-click them and select Adblock Image.<br /><br />Block annoying ads automatically, no distractions<br />Browse faster and safer <br />Fully customizable — you are in control <br />Easy to contribute, report issues when you see them<br /><br /><strong>5. Have web pages read out to you.</strong> NonVisual Desktop Access (www.nvda-project.org) is able to read text displayed on web pages to you. This is particularly useful when you've tired eye but would still like to know the contents on a web page.<br /><br />You can configure a male or female voices, and even run the program from a USB drive. NVDA is free for download and they would love voluntary donations to support their project.<br /><br /><strong>6. Check for add-ons in your browser.</strong> Add ons do gives you an edge when used correctly. Under normal circumstand, disable all unused add-on on your browser. It speed up your browsing experience.<br /><br /><strong>7. Disabling Flash content</strong> do help loading speed of a web page and help user to have a better experience. The only problem with not allowing flash contents is that you won't be able to watch Youtube videos or play flash games on popular site like facebook. For this reason, it's good if we are allow to white list sites that are allowed to run flash.<br /><br />Flashblock is an add on for Firefox and Chrome that allow you to determine a white list of sites you want flash to run.<br /><br /><strong>8. Ant downloader</strong> is a browser add on that allow you to download video from lots of sites, including Youtube and Facebook. It support IE and Firefox.<br /><br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/06/tips-for-better-web-experience.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-5302753014544642737Sat, 16 Jun 2012 06:39:00 +00002012-06-16T14:41:38.073+08:00Free SoftwareSmart Defender from Anvisoft<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iZKAR8stNXU/T9wptxZVEXI/AAAAAAAAAKA/2o2eRUqvRGo/s1600/Anvisoft-free-AV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" pca="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iZKAR8stNXU/T9wptxZVEXI/AAAAAAAAAKA/2o2eRUqvRGo/s320/Anvisoft-free-AV.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script><br />Smart defender will protect your system from most forms of malware, viruses, trojans, worms, rootkit and spyware. However, it goes the extra miles, than most free anti-virus programs available nowadays. It offers a range of optimisation tools for cleaning and fixing up Windows Registry error, releasing spare memory, defragging hard drive, even boosts game performance, providing protection to game account and more.<br /><br />There are three types of on-demand scan available: Quick, Full and Custom. There are all launched from the main screen. Once running, you can pause or stop a scan; set it to deal with threats automatically as soon as it's finished, and shut down your computer afterwards. You can set the option to schedule quick scan to run at a specific time daily.<br /><br />If you find a suspicious file that's less than 5MB in size, you can drag it to the cloud security window to upload to Anvisoft for quick analysis. Additionally, the program offers a selection of real-time protection features. There are Privacy, Startup, Pricess, Behaviour and Files guards, which can all be toggled on or off. Each works in different ways to spot and eliminate potentially malicious processes. Smart Defender is designed to be compatiable with all existing anti-virus software, so it shouldn't clash with any security applications you already have installed, making it a useful second line of defence.<br /><br />The Privacy cleaner is less useful, because it removes cookies and history from Internet Explorer but, disappointingly, not from other browsers.http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/06/smart-defender-from-anvisoft.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0Malaysia4.210484 101.975766-3.8701774999999996 91.868344 12.291145499999999 112.08318799999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-7560240680333992292Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:40:00 +00002012-06-13T10:20:24.489+08:00Food For ThoughtShould you buy traffic?In the internet marketing arena, buy traffic to ones website may seem like a good idea, at least for the naive. After all they feel excited when they get to know there are such services available. Some without giving much thought would jump on the offer that seemingly good idea.<br /><br /><br />Good paid traffic strategy that you can consider are:<br /><br />1. Web Traffic derive from advertising online from a legal source. You must know where your ads will appear, on what type of websites. Google Adwords is one of those offer that allows to get paid traffic legally. You know Google is known to have a wide spread on the internet that allow your ads to appear around the world.<br /><br />Thus it would be a good idea that you, manage your geographical location targetting in Google Adwords and apply a limits on the amount you're willing to spend.<br /><br />You may want to refer to this article about&nbsp;using&nbsp;<a adwords?="" href="http://support.google.com/adwords/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=1722043&gt;Target ads to a specific geographic location&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you wonder, how you can start with Google Adwords just click here: &lt;a href=" http:="" www.google.com="">Google Adwords</a><br /><br /><br />2. Web Traffic derive from authority website in your niche. For instance, if you're selling cars spare parts. It would be a strategic plan to place ads on cars website or car enhancement forum. Be sure before placing ads, you must know whether the visitors to that website are those, your targetted audience.<br /><br />Let's take the selling car spare parts business as an example. It makes good business sense to place ads on website that talk about cars that is targetting local audience. If you're doing business in Malaysia, you wouldn't want to place ads UK cars review websites, unless you're selling parts to global customers.<br /><br />To do this, you may need to contact the webmaster via email about your intention to place ads on their site. Some established website may already have in place a scheme of advertisement pricing on their site.<br /><br />The setback I can think of when adopting this traffic strategy, is the authority website might be your competitor and thus refused your ads on their site. <br /><br />Or in another scenario, it could be there are no authority sites in your geographical location. In this case, you might not be able to adopt this traffic strategy.<br /><br />On the other hands here are some <strong>"What Not To Do"</strong> when using paid traffic strategy for your website.<br /><br />1. Do not buy traffic from source that you don't know, even if the seller seems to be from a reputable forum. These traffic seller often promised targetted traffic to your website and often they can produce seemingly real screen shots to back&nbsp;their claimed. I'm suggesting in some instance, fake testimonial can be tailored for the sake of making sales claim looks real. Bearing in mind, because of the nature of the digital world, you would need to pass your own judgement,&nbsp;before taking into account the credibility of testimonial.<br /><br />Unless the rationing of driving targetted traffic&nbsp;can explained, you should reconsider your decision of buying&nbsp;traffic, from that source. You must be able to see the logical reason, why your traffic provider is able to drive targetted traffics to your website. If you're told that's trade secret and cannot be reveal or for whatever reasons, you would have to moved on.&nbsp;There should be no discreet about how they direct traffic. You're paying for their service and effort, not their trade secrets.<br /><br />2. Do not buy ads slots on site that claimed to have high daily traffics. You can use <a href="http://www.google.com/trends">Google Trends</a> to check a website's traffic before you decide whether you want to place ads on it.<br /><br />3. Do not use the service of middleman. You have no idea and control over what is being delivered to your website. Fake traffics can be generated using a special type of software called bot. What this bot does is, it will automatically visits your site giving you the false impression of traffic arrival.<br /><br /><script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script>http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/06/should-you-buy-traffic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-6056078926695529296Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:38:00 +00002012-03-31T11:54:00.738+08:00How ToCannot Login to Magento admin on a web hosting<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><strong>The problem:</strong> You install Magento on a professional web hosting with a proper domain name. You been given a URL for your admin login. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Jq7ab_Sy4E8/T3KxT2RnV2I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Mw-oN4UIEqA/s1600/Cannot+login+to+Magento-admin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" dea="true" height="147" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Jq7ab_Sy4E8/T3KxT2RnV2I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/Mw-oN4UIEqA/s400/Cannot+login+to+Magento-admin.png" title="Cannot login to Magento admin on a web hosting" width="400" /></a></div><br />You enter the correct admin username and password but it just refresh and does not log you in.&nbsp; You can try use the "Forgot your password?" option to change your admin password, in which I did tried,&nbsp;but it still doesn't work.<br /><br />Applicable to Magento version 1.6.2.0<br /><br /><strong>Solution:</strong> Try use Firefox or Opera browser. I've tested out on my own web hosting and found this problem occur when using IE and Chrome. Perhaps the Magento team will fix this issue soon, and for the time being, you'll need to use a different web browser.<br /><br />I wonder would this happen to existing user account at store front.&nbsp; If&nbsp;it does,&nbsp;existing store running Magento could end up lossing some business.<br /><br /><hr /><br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/03/cannot-login-to-magento-admin-on-web.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-2935448288632494881Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:21:00 +00002012-03-28T14:38:24.637+08:00TipsFree shopping cart website for your eStore<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script><br />Here are lists of free ecommerce Contents Management System (CMS) you can use for free to build your own eCommerce, online store to selling products. Majority of them are built by the open source community, which means you can download and use them for your own online store.<br /><br />All of these e-Commerce CMS have strong community support, easy installation, support some kind of payment gateway and has many successful deployment around the world. <br /><br />Some of these open source can be installed using a script installer like cPanel or Softaculous commonly found in professional web hosting. A note of cautious though, different web hosting have different options available in them.<br /><br /><strong>1. Open Cart</strong><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2MxnFCVB1Mk/T3Jm-_5XrOI/AAAAAAAAAJE/oA9hnxR7fik/s1600/Open-Cart-sample-store.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="202" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2MxnFCVB1Mk/T3Jm-_5XrOI/AAAAAAAAAJE/oA9hnxR7fik/s320/Open-Cart-sample-store.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br />"A powerful open source shopping cart system that is designed feature rich and user friendly", a robust eCommerce solution for internet merchants with the ability to create their own online business and participate in eCommerce at a minimal cost.<br /><br />Has community support forum, blog news, support multiple currency, multiple language etc. You can find all its latest features at their features page - <a href="http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=feature/feature" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">features</a><br /><br />You can download a copy of Open Cart at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=download/download" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Open Cart download</a><br /><br /><hr /><strong>2. Presta Shop</strong><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xyx3LIZnqLc/T3JnJi0164I/AAAAAAAAAJk/nqBsEPJhVp8/s1600/PrestaShop-sample-shop.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="202" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xyx3LIZnqLc/T3JnJi0164I/AAAAAAAAAJk/nqBsEPJhVp8/s320/PrestaShop-sample-shop.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />"Build your online store", Sell online with Presta Shop's free, secure and open source shopping cart platform is the headline from presta shop<br /><br />With more than 275 features, over 2000 modules and templates, over 100,000 worldwide installations and available in more than 40 languages are the highlights features of Presta Shop.<br /><br />You can&nbsp;dowload a copy of&nbsp;the free version at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.prestashop.com/en/download" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Presta Shop download</a>&nbsp;(English version).<br /><br /><hr /><strong>3. Zencart</strong><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUj0P1Jc0nA/T3JnK2pCO_I/AAAAAAAAAJs/DIij5nsBALw/s1600/Zen-Cart-sample-shop.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="202" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yUj0P1Jc0nA/T3JnK2pCO_I/AAAAAAAAAJs/DIij5nsBALw/s320/Zen-Cart-sample-shop.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />The Art of E-commerce - putting the dream of online business ownership within reach of anyone! Has a support forum that has over a million threads and more than 100,000 members.You can download copy of Zen Cart at <a href="http://www.zen-cart.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zen Cart download</a><br /><br /><hr /><strong>4. OS Commerce</strong><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lew4yiJBoxs/T3JnH16H4LI/AAAAAAAAAJc/tuC9BPxOqvc/s1600/osCommerce-sample-shop.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="202" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lew4yiJBoxs/T3JnH16H4LI/AAAAAAAAAJc/tuC9BPxOqvc/s320/osCommerce-sample-shop.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br />The Open Source E-commerce Solution - has many backend and frontend functionality, you can find a copy of the latest version for free download and up-to-date functionality at <a href="http://www.oscommerce.com/solutions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OS Commerce features</a><br /><br />Has been around more than 10 years and have over 12,700 online shops worldwide.<br /><br /><hr /><strong>5. Avactis</strong><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xHfGHnqbGMs/T3JnGCOXdvI/AAAAAAAAAJU/-XV712KLnQE/s1600/avactis-sample-shop.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="202" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xHfGHnqbGMs/T3JnGCOXdvI/AAAAAAAAAJU/-XV712KLnQE/s320/avactis-sample-shop.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br />"Easy shopping cart" for online business. Drive your sales with Avactis. Paid and free version of shopping cart available. Allow a potential customer to upgrade without lossing any data. The free version include Paypal as the only payment getway whereas the paid versions includes over 40 payment getways.<br />Besides the free version, the premium categories include are "Owned", "Monthly lease", "White label" and "Premium". You can find detail features comparison between the free and paid version at <a href="http://www.avactis.com/compare_avactis_editions.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Avactis Editions differences</a><br /><br />You can get the download link to the free version, at their official website after signing up with an email.<br /><br /><hr /><strong>6. Magento</strong><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ObqZ5yGTE1Q/T3JnDmKUiSI/AAAAAAAAAJM/R5aHa4-5SHw/s1600/Magento-sample-shop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="202" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ObqZ5yGTE1Q/T3JnDmKUiSI/AAAAAAAAAJM/R5aHa4-5SHw/s320/Magento-sample-shop.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Ecommerce Platform for Growth. One of the most professional looking ecommerce around with plenty of paid developer taking on jobs.<br /><br />One very enticing feature Magento has, is their showcasing of world brand known to be running their application. You can take a look at <a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/showcase" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Magento showcase</a><br /><br />The only support forum that support multiple language.http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/03/free-shopping-cart-website-for-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-419665317215346246Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:41:00 +00002012-03-04T00:42:15.924+08:00Food For ThoughtAdvertising web portal for a home based internet business?How is online advertising sounds to you? If you search the internet for the term "Online ads", it will return over a billion search results. Do you think online advertisement is still a workable and viable online business model?<br />Let's look at some of the common online ads business model.<br /><br /><br />1. Free for all online ads<br /><br />This type of ads portal allow almost anyone to create an account online and you're good to go. You can advertise anything you want as long as its conforming to the Term Of Services. Most, if not all, I would said doesn't allow out bound link as this type of facilities that once, seem like a good feature has long been exploit by link spammers.<br /><br />So long as the service and putting an ads online is free, there seem to have some attraction for a niche market. I wonder how many people or business nowadays still pay to get advertise on the internet.<br /><br /><br />2. Moderated ads portal<br /><br />A good conversion from the good old paper based advertisement e.g Yellow pages. You pay a fee and they advertised for you on their portal. Seem more like a sunset business model or perhaps its still alive for the next 10 years or so. One things is for certain, it not a growing business model.<br /><br /><br />3. Header banner ads<br /><br />When Web2.0 and blogs became a hit, most people though of renting out banner ads in their website and blogs as a mean to generate additional income. But this type of ads failed to make it big. As some webmaster have been over doing with these ads, that people have long been blind to banner ads.<br />Further more, when images were used to link to external website, has also been abused that it irritate search engine as people are selling links that obviously violate the TOS of top search engine.<br /><br /><br />4. Social media based ads<br /><br />The current trend of social media, namely Facebook. As I've mentioned in one of my post, Facebook is heading for public listing on the US market in the second quarter of 2012, but is the social media which claimed to have over 800 millions users account a viable place for ads placement?<br /><br />As some of the online advertiser have put it, most of the attraction in social media are free games and keeping in touch for group of people. People logon to social media to relax, marketing people trying to do some marketing, people looking for long lost friends and almost anything else except intended online shopping and searching for information, just like what search engine were doing.<br /><br />Unless they think of new way to make social media more readily as a huge library or as information provider, people will fall back to search engine for information searching especially when shopping online for products and services.<br /><br /><br />5. Ads by local media going online<br /><br />Many newspaper are migrating or have migrated (in developed countries) to online media. Local ads also appear in these online media. At the moment, from what I know, non of these online media are reporting a profit from their online activities as a huge portion of their annual profits are still derived from their news print.<br />Due to these facts, is <a href="http://ads.ezbi.biz/" target="_blank">online ads</a> still a viable online business model? Perhaps time will tell how things is turning out. Nonetheless, the monies in ads is what makes the internet alive.<br /><br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/03/advertising-web-portal-for-home-based.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-6964166417189090587Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:22:00 +00002012-03-01T17:27:05.824+08:00Food For ThoughtHow to keep and excel your day job<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true"></script><br />There is an old adage saying, mind set is what determine whether a person succeed of fail. For the majority of work class out there, what would be the best mind set to adopt while working a day job.<br /><br />While we always talk and was thinking of creating passive income, why would I want to share a mind set of keeping and how to excel in your day job? Well for a simple reason we need money to live and for the majority of us, that's what we are lacking wasn't it?&nbsp; And the simplest way is to get a day job, be very good at it and make some excess money so we can go invest the excess.<br /><br />Here are some ways to&nbsp;get around of the common mind set, that set&nbsp;a working class has, that would set most of them in the same group - "The group that rarely got a promotion."<br /><br />1. "Pay me more and I'll be a better worker".&nbsp; Most working people wanted more money, a good increment and big bonus. But most people rarely think from the point view of the management. Rarely working people ask themselves "How can I contribute and make myself an excellent worker."<br /><br />It would be hard for them to accept, "I'm not up to par for this task." and the need to change themselves. Instead, they took the easier way out saving their ego, by putting the blame on other - normally their boss, superior officer or even people around them.<br /><br />2. You must be well verse in your job to be able to perform well in taking care your existing tasks and fullfiling your current responsibilities. Do not ask how much you'll get in return for taking on a responsibility, but ask how can you excel in your current task without caring for an immediate reward. In fact, the "Pay me more first, and I'll be a better worker", is just a lame excuse for not being able to live up to expectation.<br />Most working class wanted immediate reward, while most successful people would go the extra miles aiming for long term reward ignoring short term benefits.<br /><br />3. You must go the extra miles not for your boss, but for yourself. Learning more and testing it out by contributing adds to your own confidence and knowledge. Even if your peer or boss took all your credits, keep learning and contribute. Take task as a challenge to yourself. Measure yourself and competite against yourself.<br /><br />4. If you've already done your best and still cannot excel in your job, learn from those who beat you or who are better than you. Expand your scope of responsibilities, you'll see more things you need to learn when you're in the position. If you're still in the thought you're better, but not getting the recognition you deserve, its time you refresh your resume.<br /><br />5. Many working class people would like to think their boss don't know how to appreciate them and starting to lag in their work. This is a self defeating thought many people had but was not aware of it. <br />Get rid of this mentality, its hurting you more than anyone else. You only need to prove yourself to yourself and not anyone else. It's true there are boss who doesn't know how to appreciate or admire talent, and you might be in this position, so brush up and move on, find someone else who knows how to admire your talent.<br /><br />6. Most working class people shun away from mistake and want to cover up their mistake. If you convince yourself, you've make no mistake, there is no need for a correction and you won't learn from it. Successful people adopt a different view on mistake, they learnt from it. When the same situation present itself again, they shine by taking on the issue or better still, turn it into an advantage.<br /><br />7. Unless you're coming from a family that can back you up and help you to start a business, most middle class people need a day job to cover their basic necessity. This is why its important for you to excel even in your day job. It's a perfect training ground for you to build up your personality and you get paid for doing it - this is how successful people look at themselve while they are working a day job.<br /><br />The average joe working class think a company owe it to them. When they are given more responsibilities and work load, they want to think they are being taken advantage and want to retaliate or complaint. <br />All they want is more pay and less work - a mind set they adopt and hope to realise until the day they retire.<br /><br />If you think for current job sucks - try change yourself first and you can start with the following mind set change.<br /><br />1. Learn to say NO - politely. Know your limits and do not make promises you can't keep. If you've been an easy push over all these while, make the change now. Learn to say NO - its an art and you'll be loving it.<br /><br />2. Know whom you're reporting to. Do just take orders from everyone. You'll end up having dozens of order coming in everyday. Take instruction only from you head - the person who sign your appraisal form and not from just anyone.<br /><br />3. Make a queue for the task you need to do daily and work on it accordingly. Time management is not a luxury, it's a necessity. Practice it now, it need time to perfect.<br /><br />4. How you should look at mistake. Blame no one, not even yourself. Analyse it, how it happend, how to avoid in future and what action to take if it happen again. There is a lesson from every mistake, find it. Remember, don't beat yourself up for mistake, it's part and parcel of your job. If every jobs has no obstacle, there would be need for your position.<br /><br />5. Keep your resume up to date. You never know when opportunity present itself, when it does, its usually for a limited time and you may be taking too long updating your resume.<br /><br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/03/how-to-keep-and-excel-your-day-job.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-4278682253845042306Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:25:00 +00002012-02-29T09:16:34.091+08:00Food For ThoughtIs Facebook share worth investing?<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script>No doubt, Facebook rank second in terms of traffic on the internet, after Google. Is Facebook share / stock worth investing could be on the mind of people who invest in securities. Following on from the huge success of other top rank technologies company like Apple with it's success with iPhones and iPads that sent its stock price sky rocketing, could Facebook follow the same foot steps?<br /><br />Least to said, that is what many would be hopping for. From the current hot market trend and a thrist for hit tech stock, I would expect Facebook shares to command a premium price upon listing on the US market. But for how long the upward trend would continue is a totally different story.<br /><br />Setting our eye forward, could Facebook live up to the high expectation from investors? Some of the major revenue Facebook is reported to come from advertisements and fees from games developer.<br /><br />Why would anyone want to advertise on Facebook? My opinion is the promise of millions of users online everyday, makes the potential to reach out to the mass appealing - that is at least for the non marketing expert.<br /><br />Take a look at the screen on Facebook after I've login. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QVr7L50aCkw/T0nrGlUMx6I/AAAAAAAAAI0/uf4vIye6Cqo/s1600/facebook-ads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" lda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QVr7L50aCkw/T0nrGlUMx6I/AAAAAAAAAI0/uf4vIye6Cqo/s1600/facebook-ads.jpg" /></a></div>Ads are displayed on the right hand column of my page. I wasn't isn't doing any search and I've no idea how these ads are triggered and shown on my page. <br /><br />An ads written in Chinese language that seem like an online game,&nbsp;a credit card with rebate for filling up gas, a travelling agency ads, and a Forex trading site.<br /><br />This is the scene from a user in Malaysia. I wonder how it looks for a user from other countries and from non English users. Are the ads appearing&nbsp;relevant to the topics from your news feed?<br /><br />On second thought, if I would like to search for the best Red Wine to pair with some red meat for an occasion, how do I go about allowing some of these advertisers to show me&nbsp;what they've got.<br /><br />No doubt, Facebook do offer a lot of potential for commercial monetization but as of this moment, the advertising system could really use some creativity to help make both, the advertiser and people looking for something meeting up.<br /><br />If&nbsp;you're a long term investor (investing for over 10 years and above), Facebook's stock nonetheless are worth investing in.&nbsp; They are receptive to criticism and I've personally seen many changes on Facebook.<br /><br />They've got the technical expertise, the charm and now the money - they can make things happen!&nbsp; In spite of all these facts, I would still consider Facebook a high risk stock.<br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/02/is-facebook-share-worth-investing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-3648955644287071971Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +00002012-02-29T09:26:37.693+08:00How ToHow to buy Facebook share in Malaysia.<br />Facebook is going public and its shares will be traded on Nasdaq, estimated around 2nd quarter of 2012. &nbsp;While its tip to be one of the largest IPO ever, the question is can Malaysian buy Facebook share in Malaysia? &nbsp;The short answer is 'Yes'<br /><br />All you need is a share trading account with one of the securites firm in Malaysia. As most of them are able to see and trade counters listed on AMEX, Nasdaq, NYSE and SGX (Singapore). If you already have one of this account, all you need is to sign some papers and you would need to call your remisier to get your account activated.<br /><br />If you don't have a trading account yet, time is running short and you'll need to move fast. You can asked a few securities firm around your area to get the best deal. Some might need you to deposit certain amount of money before they allow you to trade shares.<br /><br />I've done some experience with RHB Securities online trading account and I can see SGX share traded almost real time, just like the Bursa. Take note though, there are delays of up to 15 minutes in the quotes for market other than Bursa. For counters in US, you would need to login in the evening to see activities.<br /><br />Are there differences in buying share in Malaysia and US?<br /><br />If you're buying US shares via securities firm here in Malaysia, here are something you ought to take note<br /><br />1. When we buy shares in Malaysia or Singapore, we buy in lot.&nbsp; In Malaysia each lot consist of a minimum of 100 shares, unless stated otherwise.&nbsp; Shares in US are counted as per share.&nbsp; This means if you buy one share, you got one share.<br /><br />2. Each transaction are charged a fee, consider relatively high for small time investor.&nbsp; We are talking something like US19.90 per transaction, eventhough you buy only one share.<br /><br />So&nbsp;before you jump on the bandwagon to grap some Facebook shares, its wise to do your own research whether its worthwhile and do take the time to&nbsp;find out in details from your securities firm before you&nbsp;ahead with this investment.<br /><br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2012/02/how-to-buy-facebook-share-in-malaysia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-3912196669004557941Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:49:00 +00002011-12-19T12:06:09.927+08:00Food For Thoughtiphone or Android based developer?<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript"></script>Mobile devices and smartphones is the current trendy and in thing. Wherever you go, you won't have difficulty spotting someone indulging themselve with one of these devices. <br /><br />No doubt its worth developing the necessary skills in building games, applications and even web design for mobile and smart devices. As anyone would have know, it take time and effort to be an expert in building quality application that run on these future gadgets. <br /><br />IOS and Android may share some similarity from user experience of point view, but because of the underlying fundamental differences on the two leading platforms, behind the scene developing an apps on either platforms required very different set of technical know-how. <br /><br />Which one would you opt for, being the Apple's IOS based developer or Google based Android developer? <br /><br />No doubt, Apple's iPhone and iPad have spark a new wave of interest for the younger generation and Android seem trailing trying to keep up with the trend set by the IOS. If you're going to spend some serious time and effort for the next couple years learning and picking up the right skills in one of the two main platforms which one would it be?<br /><br /><strong>Developer's advantage</strong> <br />Any developer building apps on Apple's IOS would need to pay a fee for using their development tools, resources and even marketing the end product be it a game or application. Android is free for everyone having an interest in building application on its platform. It received strong support for a vast market. <br /><br /><strong>Free entry level</strong> <br />Apple - need to pay a fee for access to their resources, namely the SDK (System Development Kit).<br /><br />Android - Free access for all.<br /><br /><strong>Need for loyalty</strong><br />Both platforms does not required loyalty payment for products built based on their platforms.<br /><br />You can sell your IOS products on Apple store where they would make a cut on your sale. Developer are prohibited to sell their product other than on Apple store.<br /><br />You can market your Android based products on Android market.<br /><br /><strong>Market</strong> <br />Both have a special market where both sellers and buyers meet. <br /><br /><strong>Developer supporting the devices</strong> <br />Apple based IOS staple of devices - iPhone, iPad and iPod. All of these are market under the Apple brand. <br /><br />Google's Android based staple of mobile phones and devices - Android smartphone, tablets, netbooks. Supported by many world renowed brand like, HTC, Samsung, Motorola, Huawei, LG, Acer, Sony Ericsson and the provider of the OS Google. <br /><br />As in the past how products trend and cycle have it, in any emerging markets there could be a few players or many players, eventually two leader would remain and after a period time only one will stand. <br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 599px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="414">&nbsp; </td><td valign="top" width="90"><strong>Apple</strong></td><td valign="top" width="95"><strong>Android</strong></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="414">Free entry level</td><td valign="top" width="90">No</td><td valign="top" width="95">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="414">Everyone can build a niche&nbsp;in this&nbsp;segment</td><td valign="top" width="90">Yes</td><td valign="top" width="95">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="414">Need for loyalty for end product produced</td><td valign="top" width="90">No</td><td valign="top" width="95">No</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="414">Support from multi brand<br /><br /><br /><br /></td><td valign="top" width="90">No</td><td valign="top" width="95">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="414"></td><td valign="top" width="90">&nbsp; </td><td valign="top" width="95">&nbsp; </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="414"></td><td valign="top" width="90">&nbsp; </td><td valign="top" width="95">&nbsp; </td></tr></tbody></table>http://www.imgreenbook.com/2011/12/iphone-or-android-based-developer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-8407595462249338202Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:50:00 +00002011-11-25T16:22:13.771+08:00Home Based Internet BusinessWork from home business idea - Smartphone game developerSmartphone market has become a huge market, selling smartphone game is one market niche worth looking into. This is one niche that doesn't need hugh capital upfront to start and it's ideal as a passive income generator in long run.<br /><br />If you own any of these smart devices like iPhone, iPad or a Smartphone, you would have know there are lots of games selling in between cents and under three dollar&nbsp;and it's&nbsp;readily available for download 24x7.<br /><br />It may required extra&nbsp;effort and time&nbsp;to put up a product for sell on these market, but in the long run, its worth the effort.<br /><br />What you need to start?<br /><br />1. A personal computer as your development platform. It does matter whether its a Windows PC or a Mac. A majority of the essential tools are available for both platforms though some of these tools may only run on one platform. <br /><br />2. A device that run the OS you intend to build your game on. Example, get an iPhone or iPad if you intend to build IOS based game. Get an Android based smartphone if you're aiming for the Android market. Beside smartphone there are many other devices that uses Android as their OS.<br /><br />3. Getting your product up. There are two ways I can think of to get your game up. <br /><br />First is to pick up the necessary programming skills and build your own game. To do this, you'll need to learn programming, the tools used to build smartphone game. You may need to read some books, buy some video tutorial to help you get started.<br /><br /><u>The advantages of building your own game are</u><br />i) You get full control of your own product.<br />ii) Your may save cost doing it yourself.<br />iii) Once you've master the programming aspect of it, you can build as many games as you want.<br />iv) Your game development time will improve as your skills sharpen.<br />v) The type of games or application you produce will only be limited by your own imagination.<br /><br /><u>The cons are</u><br />i) You may never or take too long to get your product up and there are high chances of given up even before you start markting your first game.<br />ii) Programming may seems daunting for some, as it required passion and commitment.<br />iii) You may run out of idea on the types of game play.<br /><br /><br />If 'Do it yourself' is not for you, an alternate way to go is hire a freelancer to build it for you.<br /><br />Hiring a freelance or professional may seem to be the easier way to go with but proceed with precaution. You'll need to spend some money and along the way must learn to liaise with your freelance developer.<br /><br />Nonetheless there are many freelance or outsourcing site where you can find experience smartphone developer with affordable cost but you must be ready to part with some money in the event you bump into a unscrupulous freelancer.<br /><br /><br /><u>The advantages of outsourcing are</u><br />i) You can get your games out very quickly and you can concentrate on marketing it.<br />ii) You can get support whenever you encounter a problem with your product.<br /><br /><u>The cons of outsourcing are</u><br />i) Only a handful of developers are capable of producing high quality game.<br />ii) Good developers may move on one day.<br />iii) The asking price of a quality developer might be high, so does the poor one. You'll need to learn how to do your own research and ask the right question to find the right person.<br /><br />4. Here are two online starting point to help you get started.<br />i) The Android, you'll need a gmail account to begin. <a href="https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=androiddeveloper&amp;passive=true&amp;nui=1&amp;continue=https://market.android.com/publish&amp;followup=https://market.android.com/publish">Android Publisher signup</a><br /><br />ii) Apple's IOS, development center for devices like iPhone and iPad: <a href="http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/iphone/conceptual/iPhone101/Articles/00_Introduction.html">IOS center</a><br /><br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2011/11/work-from-home-business-idea-smartphone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-5374261322287933121Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:38:00 +00002011-09-25T16:40:06.818+08:00Food For ThoughtThe world's shrewdest businessman advice<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true"></script><br />Named the "The world's shrewdest businessman" by Forbes, Tan Sri Robert Kuok speaks to CCTV recently in a rare interviewed that received wide coverage by local reporters.<br /><br />Dubbed as the richest man in Malaysia, Tan Sri Robert Kuok Hock Nien is also commonly known the Sugar King or Hotel King which he deem both as fake fame but would prefers the "Hotel King" title.<br /><br />Kuok said building a successful business empire was 90% dependent on hard work. The rest was intellect. He attribute his success in sugar refinery business for his ability to speak English back then.<br /><br />The tycoon hinted, “I think many people were cleverer than me. However, their night life was more messy. The next day, they would fall asleep at their desks. I did not fall asleep, so my horse ran faster".<br /><br />He cited people who wanted to venture into business must have courage and be brave as every business has its own risks, not overcoming one's fear, one would always be poor.<br /><br />Besides talking about his foray into the travel industry in China and the venture into the sugar refinery business in his early years, he talked about his mother.<br /><br />Kuok spoke fluent Mandrain in his interview with CCTV, attribute it to his mother who teaches him to always remember their roots, she is also the person whom he said was the most influential person in his life.<br /><br />Kuok also said, once his mother recognised his talent for business, she taught and given him many valuable advices, which include some very old adage like being humble, not to be greedy, to help the poor and be a responsible businessman.http://www.imgreenbook.com/2011/09/worlds-shrewdest-businessman-advice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-6928781234247247856Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:20:00 +00002011-08-31T10:20:00.843+08:00NewsMalaysian 54th Independence Day from Google<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript">
</script><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GkZpLtBI_2w/Tl2YMMKpuoI/AAAAAAAAAIM/8N7ydOXvn0w/s1600/Malaysian-54th-Merdeka-Day.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="202" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GkZpLtBI_2w/Tl2YMMKpuoI/AAAAAAAAAIM/8N7ydOXvn0w/s320/Malaysian-54th-Merdeka-Day.png" /></a></div><br />Google changes its logo image on its main site which can be seen by the whole world to mark this special day to all Malaysian. This sure help promote Malaysia to the world.<br /><br />Selamat Hari Merdeka ke 54, to Malaysia!<br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2011/08/malaysian-54th-independence-day-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-1483799712612412056Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:21:00 +00002011-08-27T22:25:15.500+08:00How ToWp-includes/js/l10n.js - Timthumb.php vulnerability exploit<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true"></script><br /><br />I got the message "This site may be distributing malware. More details" on my Google Webmaster tools dashboard. The problematic URL is refering to "wp-includes/js/l10n.js?ver=20101110".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MkbuLMqz-sM/Tlj-Pv69LJI/AAAAAAAAAIE/uMzP4IevLvw/s1600/l10n.js.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="249" width="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MkbuLMqz-sM/Tlj-Pv69LJI/AAAAAAAAAIE/uMzP4IevLvw/s320/l10n.js.gif" /></a></div><br />I notice two of my sites running wordpress was hacked. Google return a warning message "This site may harm your computer" on all URLs from both sites. You can check if your site is effected by typing "site:http://yourdomainname.com" at Google's search bar.<br /><br />With Wordpress constantly upgrading and releases patches, hackers are turning to their attention to exploit on Wordpress plugins. Plugins that help the most people become their prime target.<br /><br />Timthumb is an image resizer used by many theme developers around the world. As some Wordpress developers include a copy of Timthumb for ease of installation for their clients, problems came in when these older version were exploit by hackers.<br /><br />Anyone using Wordpress with Timthumb, do make sure you upgrade your Timthumb to patch up the security loopholes found in earlier version.<br /><br />Here is a site that explained in details how to clean up affected site. <a href="http://www.reinaris.nl/wp/delete-malware-warning-counter-wordpress-com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fix this malware warning step by step</a><br /><br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2011/08/wp-includesjsl10njs-timthumbphp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-4379202964135558982Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:36:00 +00002011-08-23T09:58:01.226+08:00How ToHow to enable WordPress Permalinks on WAMP<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript">
</script><br />If you run Wordpress on a localhost using WAMP server and your custom permlinks doesn't work, try this quick fix.<br /><br />Step 1: Click on the Wamp Server little icon on your PC's right bottom corner.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pFVtwIcNz7A/TlJ1wM0fhuI/AAAAAAAAAH0/iRQUV3hXWhw/s1600/step1%2Benable%2Brewrite%2Bmod%2Bin%2BWAMP.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pFVtwIcNz7A/TlJ1wM0fhuI/AAAAAAAAAH0/iRQUV3hXWhw/s320/step1%2Benable%2Brewrite%2Bmod%2Bin%2BWAMP.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Step 2: Select Apache, Apache modules.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_HxsGby6ZiU/TlJ195PbU5I/AAAAAAAAAH8/xhgKiarw7oQ/s1600/step%2B2%2Benable-rewrite-mod-in-WAMP-on-localhost.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_HxsGby6ZiU/TlJ195PbU5I/AAAAAAAAAH8/xhgKiarw7oQ/s320/step%2B2%2Benable-rewrite-mod-in-WAMP-on-localhost.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br />Step 3: Click to enable rewrite_module.<br /><br />That's all to it for the short story and you're good to go.<br /><br />Keep reading if you're interested to know what happened, here goes<br />WAMP server's default installation does not have Apache rewrite_module enable, hence when you select Custom URL in Wordpress it does not understand the new rules written in your htaccess file that control your URL's new structure.<br /><br />Well, if you're really into the techincal stuffs, here is a link that explained in full what really happened: <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html" rel="nofollow">What rewrite_module in Apache means</a><br /><br />Related post:<br /><a href="http://www.imgreenbook.com/2011/08/how-to-start-your-wampserver.html">How to start your Wampserver</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.imgreenbook.com/2011/07/how-to-install-web-server-on-pc.html">How to install a web server on PC</a> which basically show you how to install Wampserver on a PC for their work from home projects.<br /><br />http://www.imgreenbook.com/2011/08/how-to-enable-wordpress-permalinks-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2617607330427582570.post-3857434226605510309Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:50:00 +00002011-08-10T19:51:26.733+08:00TipsHostgator coupon code Sep 2011<script src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=d925016e-7f04-4919-a1f6-68bbb700f528&amp;type=website&amp;embeds=true" type="text/javascript">
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